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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII: The Romance of Orthodoxy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What examples does Chesterton give of lunatic thinking?
(a) A man conspired against, the King of England, and Jesus Christ.
(b) A crushed moth and a live one.
(c) Two competing maggots in a chunk of bread.
(d) A lonely woman and her lonely child.

2. In the same story of the sailor, what is better than discovering a new land?
(a) Settling the new land and making it familiar.
(b) Returning home to the old land.
(c) Discovering that the new land is really the old one.
(d) Claiming the new land for your own.

3. What does Chesterton see as the purpose of the boundaries established by Christianity?
(a) To establish the power of the church.
(b) To deny earthly happiness to believers.
(c) To let good things run wild.
(d) To expel unhappy and fierce things.

4. Who is Mr. Street?
(a) The man most affected by the book.
(b) A philosopher who probably opposes Chesterton.
(c) A character in one of Chesterton's tales.
(d) A journalist who first reviewed the book Orthodoxy.

5. Chesterton notes a startling difference between Christian and Buddhist art. What is this difference?
(a) Whether the colors are bright or dim.
(b) Whether the people are predominantly young or old.
(c) Whether the scene is set indoors or outdoors.
(d) Whether the people's eyes are open or shut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chesterton call the worst religion of all?

2. How does the book look in relation to Chesterton, according to the author himself?

3. What words does Chesterton prefer when referring to nature?

4. What taunt does Swinburne hurl about the Galilean, Christ?

5. What is Chesterton's amazement at scientific advancement?

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